山姥と金太郎|Yamauba and Kintoki
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1795 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art
The ostensible subjects of these portraits are the wild boy Kintarō and his adoptive mother, Yamauba, who lived in the mountains. Utamaro produced many images of this pair that astutely capture intimate moments between mother and son.
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Date
- ca. 1795
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
